Hame-fastener



(No Model.)

WITHEQSES D. G. MILLER.

RAME PASTBNBE.

Patented Deo. 14, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. f

DAVID G. MILLER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

HAME-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION OXmiDg Pm f Letters Pamuk N0. 354,430. dated December 14. 1886.

Applinalon Eled July 6, 1955. Seulm. lm il. (Xn model.)

1i: all whom it may concern:

Bo it known that l, DAVID G. MILLER, of Cleqeland, in theconnt-y olCnyohoga and State ol' Ohio, have invented certamnew anni useful Improvements in Hanne-Pasiones; :md I lo hereby declaro the following to be :l fnll, door, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the o rt to wiuieh is pertains lo make and use the saune. xo My invention reluaes to improvements iu Immomoners; :und it. consists in certain feutnres of construction :md in combination of paris, lnoioator dmrilml, :nml pointed outin tlm claims.

in the accompanying dma-ings, Figure l is asidoviow, innolemnion, os'my improved@ immo fastener in iw closed position, o pon-lion ofthe poiommg oye boing bloiwo :away to show 251e engaging hook. Fig. 2 ism sido view. in elle www, slimming lino devine opoomi. partimos of liao limoniy side of the ming being blinken :may to show the cross-inns :mul looking device. Fig. 3 a plan vioool" the iooixiaag device. Fig. l is; a sido View. in elevation, s the Same. The casing mnsiss; oi flint sido pieces, than as@ wmnmlsd by the @smo-imm A am! Al, the lamer inning mund io amss- Section,

hinged, hemd of the latter being benl. around the har A", as shown in Fig. 2. The locking device oonsisis oi' the tilting lrloolr. C, that is pivoled on the irnonions e, timo enter* lso-les a o lhe easing. The bloei: U has a receso Eo which the coil-spring o located, with tho free @mi of beapngwhw llxedovico isopen, @Saez-ailing above the easing, as shown in Fig. 2. A ehnmlrpece, C", is coneave lo tilty the pointv ami under side of the hook b, along nner which it extends when the device is closed, anni, being broader than thehook, the promd ing edges of the thumb-piece are conveniently grasped with the thumb ansi linger anni drawn 'downward in unlocking the device. In c1- ing the lever Bse point'r ofthe hook be the incline G about the same time thai; the lng b' of the bor B engages the free end of the spring. The @ring is therefore compressed and the incline is foreed back by its engagement with the hook, and when the point of 5o the hook is in position below the shoulder c* the recoil ol the spring swings the block C and carries the shoulder over the poin of the hook b and looks it. By drawing down on the thumb-picco C the device is unlocked, :und the rocoil o the spring throws the bar B upward.

D :l lover hal is folorumeli on the trunnions d, Ille Halter engaging one sei :n a timo of the notches o' of thocosing. when Ille device is im ilneopen position, (shown in 2,) 6o ilu.- lever D may he moved to bring the tmouons d in :my desired pairo muelles, sommi ing to the length desired for the fastener. The opper surface on' the lever l) is: gvooved to o tiro rib bi. The short :arm rl is engaged by the rib E* in aiming tiro ixu- B, by means oi' which `me: hooi: D', when tlm device is clmsevl,

brought :md hold in we: punition show-o io Fi. i.

iue lever ID is pmviulmi with the: loool: D*

7o :wel the loop ei-L Tina hooi; IT is for holding rteile eyeG ob me polo-strap G'. 'When the olloasi,M the onder side on' time msiuug' that the `@te G mono@ bo noieookeil. hook Dr" mixe time piace oi the orioary kid;- fomoing a {sait-ils on which Rho hook-liar B is -bame eyes., and in clooing the fastener the @rossi-Emir y on' tino oye (l is. placed isn the hooi; :md me eiovice closed, me zmgosa y' come so The oye G and neg-link in miaciniog the pole Simp. The

loop o is for attaching a mmrtingalostmp.

when the eleioo is opened, time endl hooks,

b and Df, tout. engage the hameeyes, are some l distance farmer spam timo when alle device closed. 'The hooks., hereoamwlwn the @Ieveo is opened, com im readily attached to the homes om 1mm together ami mail@ to m lire collar snugly.

What. l olaim irs:-

1. ln a, hamofasteoor, the eombinaiiomwith themsiug,hookbar B, hinged theretoml suiti able locking devices, Ilse parts being arranged substantially as inieate, of the hook-lever D, provided with the hook Dx and loop d, substantiollyas sez fol-ill.

2. In a hame-fastener, the combinatiomwieh the s A, provided wih the notoires d, the hookat B, hiuge at a point` between its ends to the easing, and suitable locking deviees, of the lower D, adjustably fnlcmmod in the said notehes of the owing, and provided mo with a. depending hook and loop and eye for In testimony whereof I sign this specificaattacnthe pole-strap and engaging the de` tion, in t-he presence of two witnesses, this 3d pending ook, the parte being arranged, subday of July, 1385.

stantially as described, so that in the closed DAVID G. MILLER.

5 position of the fastener the pole-strap eye by Witnesses:

ius close proximity to the casing is prevented G. W. Savanna', from unhooking, substantially mi seh forth. 'N'. S. Aus-mm. 

